Songs of Kalu Shah

Sir, The people of our county are fond of songs. Specially folk spiritual songs are their favourite ones. A few spiritual song-composers of our country composed songs for their disciple or devotees and they had not thought that in future those will be evaluated by researchers and they would be treated as spiritual poets.

Hazart Syed Kalu Shah (1810-1905) was one of them whose many spiritual songs had been lost. A great saint of Saturia under Manikganj was a spiritual leader and composer of more than two thousands spiritual songs but his major

contribution Tiad been lost lor want of proper nursing.

Therefore I request the Folklore Academy, Bangla Academy etc., to take up necessary steps in this regard.

MakraJ Khan Saturia. Manikganj

Price hike

Sir, We were told and time again in the last election that if Awami League was voted to power then the price of fertiliser would fall. Rice and other essentials would follow the same suit, they promised. Therefore Awami League was given a chance to rule the coun-

try again after 26 years. We have seen some major contributions from the government ever since coming to power, for instance the Ganges Water treaty, the peace treaty etc. are only a.

But how does that effect us. directly? Prices of essentials have hiked beyond commoners' reach. Prices of fertilisers are still high, export of jute has gone down, there is still a huge demand for gas and electricity — so where is the progress? Sometimes foreign policies and international affairs should be given less priority than the welfare of the country and people.

Masroor Ahmed Deepak Dhaka